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The Honey Witch

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The Honey Witch of Innisfree can never find true love. That is her curse to bear.
But when a young woman who doesn’t believe in magic arrives on her island, sparks fly in this deliciously sweet debut romantasy novel of magic, hope, and love overcoming all.

Twenty-one-year-old Marigold Claude has always preferred the company of the spirits of the meadow to any of the suitors who’ve tried to woo her. So when her grandmother whisks her away to the family cottage on the tiny Isle of Innisfree with an offer to train her as the next Honey Witch, she accepts immediately. But her newfound magic and independence come with a price: No one can fall in love with the Honey Witch.
 
When Lottie Burke, a notoriously grumpy skeptic who doesn’t believe in magic, shows up on her doorstep, Marigold can’t resist the challenge to prove to her that magic is real. But soon, Marigold begins to care for Lottie in ways she never expected. And when darker magic awakens and threatens to destroy her home, she must fight for much more than her new home—at the risk of losing her magic and her heart.
"The Honey Witch is a sweet feast, brimming with whimsy, magic, and tender longing.” – Rachel Gillig
"Featuring a grumpy/sunshine queer romance, lovely imagery, and a distinctly cozy aesthetic, this one is a charmer." —Paste Magazine

 
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    • Library Journal

      December 1, 2023

      In Shields's debut, the price of the Honey Witch's magic is that no one can fall in love with her. Marigold prefers magic to her suitors, so she's happy to train as the next Honey Witch--until grumpy skeptic Lottie shows up, and Marigold begins to wonder if she'll lose her magic and her heart. Prepub Alert.

      Copyright 2023 Library Journal

      Copyright 2023 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

    • Publisher's Weekly

      March 4, 2024
      Debut author Shields spins a lush web of family, lore, and love in this coming-of-power fantasy set in 1831 England. As the eldest daughter of a well-to-do family, Marigold Claude, 21, faces increasing pressure to marry—but she has absolutely zero interest in doing so. Instead, she yearns for the peace she finds alone in her secret meadow, communing with strange, mystical creatures. Then her grandmother, Althea, shows up unexpectedly from the island of Innisfree and reveals Marigold’s destiny: “Every eldest daughter in our lineage is a witch.” Specifically, they are Honey Witches, who draw their power from bees and swear to protect the sacred land of Innisfree and its denizens. Marigold is eager to embrace her new role, even after Althea reveals the Honey Witch curse: she’ll lose her magic if she ever falls in love. Once in Innisfree, Marigold runs into her childhood friend, August, and his new best friend, the gorgeous, grumpily skeptical Lottie. With Innisfree’s future in her hands and the curse hanging over her head, Marigold must resist her attraction to Lottie, all while staying on the lookout for her enemy, the Ash Witch. The plot largely meanders, luxuriating in atmosphere and introspection as Marigold comes into her own. Though not a page-turner, this has its charms. Agent: Mollie Glick, CAA.

    • Booklist

      May 15, 2024
      In this cozy sapphic-fantasy debut, a young woman forgoes the possibility of romantic love in exchange for magical power, then regrets her decision when a beautiful, prickly skeptic enters her life. The Honey Witches of Innisfree are cursed by a powerful Ash Witch to never find love, but Marigold is overjoyed to accept her grandmother's offer to trade her expected future as a wife and mother for a life of enchanted honey and wondrous nature spirits, called landv�ttir, on the magical isle of Innisfree. Then Lottie comes to Innisfree with a mysterious past and deep skepticism of what she calls mythcraft, and things take an unexpected turn as Marigold's campaign to convince Lottie of magic's existence leads to a mutual attraction that shouldn't be possible. But with the curse hanging over their heads and signs that the Ash Witch herself has returned, Marigold may need to give Lottie up for her own safety and that of Innisfree itself. Readers interested in a tale that sits at the intersection of witchy relationship fiction and sapphic historical romance will enjoy this charming, slow-paced tale of love triumphing over evil.

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